Bloody March

March 22, 1986

CHANDIGARH, INDIA — Police killed two of several thousand Sikhs, some armed with swords, who broke through barricades Friday and marched on the Punjab state assembly. Thirty-one people have been killed in the northwest state this week. Baba Joginder Singh, 74, father of slain Sikh separatist leader Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, called for the march because another son, Jagjit Singh Rode, was killed by a train Tuesday. Singh said he was murdered. Punjab's chief minister, Surgit Singh Barnala, defended the police action.